Out of mod points... More to this point though, the commanders obviously don't trust the street cops to self-regulate. So not only does this show that the higher ups don't trust street cops, but that the street cops are doing something that they don't want monitored. I think that this GPS tracking will have a lot of the same benefits that dashboard cameras had. More accountability for cops. If it leads to one fewer false conviction or one fewer case of police brutality, I'm on board.
To add to this... With any electronic devices, failures are over represented because people who opened their new PS4 or Xbox1 and had no problems are happily playing their games and not reviewing anything.
A lot of the games on steam do not allow you to play them in offline mode. There are plenty of exceptions. But one example is Portal 2. You cannot play that offline.
Haha Yeah, I suppose that's possible. While people do shady things like that, I'd like to believe that doesn't happen *most* of the time. I will say that I wholeheartedly agree with the other three things...;)
Obviously not. It is at least as much of a gamble as buying a new drive. But where you can intentionally pick a product that has a slightly better chance of having been checked I've experienced some luck. Especially in the case where the defect that caused it to be returned in the first place is unlikely to be related to hours of use or power cycles.
That's true. But since insurance companies are for-profit, I have to believe they had already worked that part out and don't need the government to help them manage their finances.
I've actually had the most luck with refurbished drives. If you find a brand on Newegg that's fairly new, you eliminate the re-furbs that failed due to wear and tear. The ones that are left are DOA drives that got sent back because of common manufacturing flaws. These drives are 100% QC tested and I've yet to have one fail. The awesome kicker is that the stigma of a re-furb virtually guarantees that they'll be cheaper as well.
I have dyslexia... And spell check.
That said, where I work, this happens all of the time. People use their cell phones during meetings all the time. I am in my 20s and it honestly doesn't bother me. Even if I'm the meeting organizer. Speaking audibly on the phone is something else entirely as it distracts others significantly. The main reason people using their phones in meetings doesn't bother me is that corporate email is often sent to cell phones of employees here. Being able to answer their phones allows them to be available to more people and customers and makes them more likely to attend the meeting.
I had to read through all these comments to find one person who understands that the point of any compensation package is to incentivize doing one's job well. This is how you incentivize a CEO. Well said.
I agree. Internships are supposed to be learning experiences first and foremost. Most companies that have internship programs would also like to hire on some of the interns they put so much time and effort into training. I personally wouldn't hire an intern that thought a little manual labor was below him/her. You learn a lot doing that stuff. Should they exclusively run production? Of course not. But should they do at least some of the manual stuff? Absolutely.
I came here to say exactly this. I am a mechanical engineer and the company that I did my internship (where I am currently employed full time) put me on the floor running production more than once. I gained very valuable expertise doing this and coincidentally, if I had refused the company would have, and rightfully so, fired me. If they had fired me, I wouldn't have received the 9 credits that I got for my internship which were also necessary for me to graduate. There is nothing wrong with that. I didn't feel as though I was being taken advantage of and at the end of the day production work had better be in every engineer's skill set. Otherwise, you're going to have a lot of product design that works on paper and turns out to be shit in the real world.
Look in your side bar. Do the ads seem oddly catered to your interests?
I know at work I got lots of advertisements for Reid Supply and SMC because I'm an engineer and I go to those sites and make forum posts about those things. At home I get ads from Dick's sporting goods and Dunhams because I post things about hunting and fishing and camping on Facebook. These things don't bother me because I don't care if that sort of information is given/sold to advertisers. But, I also don't put sensitive information on sites like that because I understand what's going to happen to my 'privacy' on the internet.
In the case of a survey you are correct. In the case of getting information on an individual, the information on that individual is in fact the product. You are correct when you say it is illegal. But if you think the information is not being sold, or that any information you put on a site like Facebook is private, you are rather naive. Not intending to be insulting, but it is what it is.
When I say the individual is a product, I obviously don't mean that the person is being bought/sold. I realize my wording makes it sound that way, but frankly, I'm surprised you didn't see the intended meaning... Personal information on the individual is the product.
If someone is looking for credit worthiness, your demographic is of some interest, but information about the individual in question is more valuable. If someone wants to buy it, BoA, and someone is able to sell it, FB, than an individual is a product.
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Out of mod points... More to this point though, the commanders obviously don't trust the street cops to self-regulate. So not only does this show that the higher ups don't trust street cops, but that the street cops are doing something that they don't want monitored. I think that this GPS tracking will have a lot of the same benefits that dashboard cameras had. More accountability for cops. If it leads to one fewer false conviction or one fewer case of police brutality, I'm on board.
Insightful (+1)
To add to this... With any electronic devices, failures are over represented because people who opened their new PS4 or Xbox1 and had no problems are happily playing their games and not reviewing anything.
A lot of the games on steam do not allow you to play them in offline mode. There are plenty of exceptions. But one example is Portal 2. You cannot play that offline.
Yes. This is a form of humor commonly referred to as sarcasm.
Haha Yeah, I suppose that's possible. While people do shady things like that, I'd like to believe that doesn't happen *most* of the time. I will say that I wholeheartedly agree with the other three things... ;)
Obviously not. It is at least as much of a gamble as buying a new drive. But where you can intentionally pick a product that has a slightly better chance of having been checked I've experienced some luck. Especially in the case where the defect that caused it to be returned in the first place is unlikely to be related to hours of use or power cycles.
Exactly. This is obviously not a fool-proof method. But, like I said, I've had some luck with it so I figured I'd share.
That's true. But since insurance companies are for-profit, I have to believe they had already worked that part out and don't need the government to help them manage their finances.
Out of mod points. But you couldn't be any more right.
Look for a newer model that hasn't been out long enough to have that much wear.
I've actually had the most luck with refurbished drives. If you find a brand on Newegg that's fairly new, you eliminate the re-furbs that failed due to wear and tear. The ones that are left are DOA drives that got sent back because of common manufacturing flaws. These drives are 100% QC tested and I've yet to have one fail. The awesome kicker is that the stigma of a re-furb virtually guarantees that they'll be cheaper as well.
I agree as a home-schooled person currently employed as a degree holding mechanical engineer.
I have dyslexia... And spell check.
That said, where I work, this happens all of the time. People use their cell phones during meetings all the time. I am in my 20s and it honestly doesn't bother me. Even if I'm the meeting organizer. Speaking audibly on the phone is something else entirely as it distracts others significantly. The main reason people using their phones in meetings doesn't bother me is that corporate email is often sent to cell phones of employees here. Being able to answer their phones allows them to be available to more people and customers and makes them more likely to attend the meeting.
I had to read through all these comments to find one person who understands that the point of any compensation package is to incentivize doing one's job well. This is how you incentivize a CEO. Well said.
Commit != comment.
I agree. Internships are supposed to be learning experiences first and foremost. Most companies that have internship programs would also like to hire on some of the interns they put so much time and effort into training. I personally wouldn't hire an intern that thought a little manual labor was below him/her. You learn a lot doing that stuff. Should they exclusively run production? Of course not. But should they do at least some of the manual stuff? Absolutely.
I came here to say exactly this. I am a mechanical engineer and the company that I did my internship (where I am currently employed full time) put me on the floor running production more than once. I gained very valuable expertise doing this and coincidentally, if I had refused the company would have, and rightfully so, fired me. If they had fired me, I wouldn't have received the 9 credits that I got for my internship which were also necessary for me to graduate. There is nothing wrong with that. I didn't feel as though I was being taken advantage of and at the end of the day production work had better be in every engineer's skill set. Otherwise, you're going to have a lot of product design that works on paper and turns out to be shit in the real world.
Don't spoil his fun. Ignorance is bliss.
I wish I could give you all of the modpoints...
Look in your side bar. Do the ads seem oddly catered to your interests?
I know at work I got lots of advertisements for Reid Supply and SMC because I'm an engineer and I go to those sites and make forum posts about those things. At home I get ads from Dick's sporting goods and Dunhams because I post things about hunting and fishing and camping on Facebook. These things don't bother me because I don't care if that sort of information is given/sold to advertisers. But, I also don't put sensitive information on sites like that because I understand what's going to happen to my 'privacy' on the internet.
In the case of a survey you are correct. In the case of getting information on an individual, the information on that individual is in fact the product. You are correct when you say it is illegal. But if you think the information is not being sold, or that any information you put on a site like Facebook is private, you are rather naive. Not intending to be insulting, but it is what it is.
When I say the individual is a product, I obviously don't mean that the person is being bought/sold. I realize my wording makes it sound that way, but frankly, I'm surprised you didn't see the intended meaning... Personal information on the individual is the product.
No more mod points. :(
well said.
If someone is looking for credit worthiness, your demographic is of some interest, but information about the individual in question is more valuable. If someone wants to buy it, BoA, and someone is able to sell it, FB, than an individual is a product.
The problem with the version of America that these people are proud of is exactly that. It only exists in their heads.